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ORDINANCE NO .' 38. 103
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF SARATOGA PROHIBITING
THE DISCHARGE OF POLLUTANTS INTO STORM DRAINS OR
WATERCOURSES
The City CouncilOf the City of Saratoga does hereby
ordain as follows:
SECTION 1: Section 10-16 of Chapter 10 of the Saratoga
City Code is hereby enacted to read as follows:
"see. 10-16. Storm Drains'and Watercourses '- Discharge
of Pollutants Into Prohibited.
"No person shall place, deposit, dump, discharge, or
caused to be placed, deposited, dumped, or discharged
into any natural or artificial storm drains or water-
courses any pollutants or waters containing any pollutants.
"The term 'watercourses' as used in this Section, shall
mean and include all natural waterways and definite
channels and depressions in the earth which carry water,
even though such waterways may only carry water during
rains and. storms and do not carry storm waters.~t and
during al~times and seasons.
"The term 'pollutants', as used in this section, shall
mean and include all sewage, sewage sludge, garbage,
-biologicalmaterials, radioactive materials, and
chemical, industrial, and agricultural waste discharges,
whether in a solid'or liquid state.
"Any person violating this Section shall be guilty of
a misdemeanor. Each ~uch person ~hall be guilty of a
separate offense for each andsevery separate discharge
incident."
SECTION 2: This ordinance shall take effect and be in
full force and effect thirty (30) days from and after the date of
its passage and a~option.
The above and foregoing ordinance was regularly introduced
and after ~he waiting time required by law was thereafter passed and
adopted on this 21st day of October , 1981, by the following
vote:
AYES: CouncilmembersClevenger, Jensen, Mallory, Watson, MayorCallon
NOES: None
ATTEST: Mayor
The above and foregoing is a true and corr6c~
' , ~, ' ~ ' ' - ~:- ' ~ -=-~ L ' ~ ,Deputy City ClerkS' - , - Date -